Bitccoin's higher lows suggest continued upward movement

12 oct. 2018Good morning, traders. We've made it to another Friday and Bitcoin hasn't died yet, which is always a good sign. Novice traders seem to hold as truth a complete misunderstanding of the market -- that things in the market happen randomly. This kind of thinking leads to emotional trading which results most often in a loss. Market moves are measured and purposeful by the composite operator, and are driven by accumulation and distribution which are the result of supply and demand. The retail herd, itself, is nothing more than a price chaser -- a lagging indicator. With enough supply off the table, all CO has to do is suppress or inflate price and the herd will take off chasing after it causing it to move further in the intended direction. When novice traders learn and understand this, they become less likely to be "surprised" by the drops and pops that occur in the market.

So where are we at this morning? After yesterday's drop (possibly a Spring on the larger TF), price has stabilized and is currently trading at the top of the local TR. We can see price printing higher lows on the 15 minute TF which suggests price is more likely to move up than down. As such, I am looking for an initial target of $6358 on Bitstamp and $6461 on Bitfinex as the latter's premium has risen to $120 at this time. A breach of the descending red dashed lines on either chart should indicate the movement toward those targets. Don't forget, Bitfinex has a gap at $6360 that is looking to be filled and Bitstamp has one at $6486 and another at $6528 that are as well. Beyond those, we have all the gaps to fill on the way to $6900 also, so my bias remains upward until $6900 at the least before we even consider any extended period below $6000. OBV has continued to rise confirming the upward trend in price on this TF. MACD is bullish, having just completed a bullish cross above centerline. RSI is bullishly above 50.

The 4H TF is just exiting oversold and MACD is curled up and targeting a bullish cross of the signal line. OBV continues rising as well. It appears that a pennant may be forming, and if so then the target of $6350-$6360 based on the flagpole would validate the Bitstamp target mentioned above. The 1D TF appears to be printing a possible descending broadening wedge since September 22nd. If so, we should expect a target of the R1 pivot at $7300 upon breach of the resistance of that pattern. I am not convinced of this pattern just yet, however, as there isn't clean strong movement between support and resistance within the pattern. OBV is printing a descending broadening wedge inside of a descending wedge suggesting that OBV will be rising on this larger TF. The 3D OBV continues to rise since its low on June 21st and the weekly continues to rise since its March 26th low. As always, when in doubt, zoom out to get a better idea of what's likely going on. Currently, the weekly candle is showing a growing lower wick which is indicative of absorption which means someone is buying up all the selling at these levels. As a reminder, $6622 remains the point we need price to breach and remain above. It is the general level that has worked as support and resistance throughout this corrective cycle and is the equilibrium of the November 6, 2017 weekly candle.

In the broader financial market, stocks should see a rebound today after the $1500 drop over the past two days. The 1D is oversold and the recent gap at $25599 will likely be filled. Gold hit our 1D R2 target of $1226 yesterday and broke out of the descending channel as well as the horizontal TR its been trading in since August 23rd. The dollar is getting a bounce against the majors as the DXY bounces off the daily pivot, so we are short the EUR against the USD this morning. These should be short-lived however as we see continued downside overall for stocks and USD, and upside for gold.